Historical Documents of Genealogical Interest to Researchers of North Carolina's Free People of Color

You will get paid for it.

by Lisa Y. Henderson

William S. Taylor filed claim #19425 with the Southern Claims Commission. He lived in Fayetteville, where he worked as a house painter. During the war, a major, two lieutenants and chaplain came to his house, took what they wanted and said, “Oh! Sam you will get paid for it.”

Harry Clark, age 60, a Fayetteville housepainter; George D. Simmons, 38, a merchant; and Taylor’s wife of 30 years, Mary B. Taylor, testified for him.

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Researcher -- and descendant -- of North Carolina's free people of color.
See also my genealogy blog at www.scuffalong.com and www.afamwilsonnc.com, which documents the African-American history of Wilson County NC.